Lionel Messi certainly doesn't need any help scoring goals in MLS, even in the twilight of his career at age 38. But if opposing defenses are going to keep gifting him opportunities, the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner is going to keep taking them.
Messi extended his MLS record of consecutive league games scoring multiple goals to five in Saturday's highly anticipated home meeting with Nashville SC.
And Coyotes goalkeeper Joe Willis must have wanted to run and hide after how he helped set up Messi's second of the evening with an ill-advised pass that arrived directly at the feet of the Argentine, with no other defenders to beat.